Razor-blade holder.



F. J. BOWERS.

RAZOR BLADE HQLDER.

.APILIGATION FILED JULY 13,1910.

997,1 10. Patented July 4, 1911.

fizz-E- I UNITED STATES PATENT cur os.

FLORENCE J'. BOWERS, OF SI POKANE, WASHINGTON.

"w ll it may concern: Be it known that I, FLORENCE J. BOWERS,

iaicitizen of the United States, residing at :sJSpokane, in the county of Spokane, State of .zWashington, have invented certain new and :i seful Improvementsin Razor-Blade Holdters-z; and I do hereby declare the following fitolbea full, clear, andexact description of --the' invention, such as will enable others make and moths same.

."lhis invention relates to safety razor blade holders for used blades and has for its Object to provide a .simple device of this character that will have a novel form of clamp for holding the blade, this clamp positively preventing independent movement of the blade while the latter is being used as a ripping knife in opening seams, etc. A further object is to provide a blade clamp that will permit of the blade being quickly. reversed when dulled.

In the accompanying drawings forming.

part of this specification :-Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa blade holder constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is ;a'-longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on the'line 3-3, Fig. 2.

l Referring now to the drawing, the character 10 designates a safety razor blade of the ordinary construction and being equipped with the usual circular openings 11 which permit of the blade being secured in a holder hereinafter described after be coming unfit for further service as a razor blade.

The blade holder comprising the subject matter of this invention consists of a plate 12 adapted to bear against one of the flat faces of the razor blade and having a plu rality of lugs 13 stamped therein adapted to project through the circular openings of the razor blade. The plate is bent upwardly at one end edge as shown at 14 and then at right angles to this upwardly bent portion as shown at 15 to form an arcuate lip which fits over the corresponding end of the razor blade. One longitudinal edge of the plate is bent upwardly as shown at 16 and then at right angles as shown at 17 to thisupwardly bent portion to form a substantially stralght lip which fits over one of the sharpened cutting edges 18 of the razor blade. That end skilled in the .art. to which it appertains to single length of resilient material.

1 RAZOR-BLADE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 4, 1911. Application filed July 13, 1910. Serial No. 571,836. 1 a

angles to the blade as show-n at 19 to form an arcuate stop that engages the corresponding edge of the blade and permits the mounting and removal of the razor blade frornthe plate and causes" the blade to. as-

mote from the straight lip is rounded as shown at 20 and is positioned slightly be- .yond the middle longitudinal diameter of the blade so that the major portion of the blade is supported upon theplate. Formed integral With a the end ofthe plate upon which the arcuate stop is arranged is a cylindrical stem 21, this stem having its outer periphery threaded as shown at 22 and having one side cut away to the axis of the stem as shown at 23. The axis ofthe stem is in alinement with the face of the plate upon which the lugs 13 extend.

For clamping the blade upon the plate, a clamping strip 2 1 is employed, this clamping strip preferably being formed from a The leading end of the strip is sharpened as shown at 25 to permit of the leading strip being readily engaged underneath the arcuate lip 15 of the plat Aplurality of sockets 26 are struck from the strip, these sockets receiving the projections 13 of the plate. Formed on one end f-the strip is a semicircular extension 27 which is approximately the same in radius as the radius of the plate stem 21. The curved outer face of the extension is threaded as shown at 28, these threads coinciding with the threads upon the stem when the strip is in operative position.

Surrounding the stem 21 of the plate and extension 27 of the strip is a sleeve 29, this sleeve being of considerably greater length than the said parts and having its bore threaded as shown at 30 to receive the threads of the stem and extension. This sleeve when the extension and stem are threaded thereinto positively locks the plate and clamping strip from independent move engagement of the handle from the sleeve.

The pin 32 is of such size i Formed in the stem of the blade is a peripheral semicircular shoulder 33 and formed on the extension of the clam ing strip is a peripheral semicircular shou der 34, these shoulders alining when the parts are interfitted and forming a continuous stop shoulder against which the leading end of the sleeve abuts when the latter is in position to clamp the clamping strip upon the plate.

To insert a razor blade in the holder, the leading end of the blade is inserted underneath the arcuate lip 15 of the plate and the blade dropped into engagement with the plate, then moved rearwardly so that one of its cutting edges is engaged underneath the lip 15 of the plate. The lugs of the plate -when thebla de is in this position will be engaged in the circular openings of the blade and will project considerablybeyondthe blade. The sharpened leading end of the clamping strip is now inserted underneath the arcuatelip of the plate and the clamping strip dropped intov engagement with the blade, the sockets ofthe clamping strip engaging the lugs of the plate; When in this position the thread of the extension formed on the clamping strip and threads of the stem formed on the plate will be in alinement so that the sleeve of the handle can now be advanced upon the stem and exten sion until the leading end of the sleeve is in engagement with the peripheral shoulder of the stem and extension. To remove the blade, the above operation is reversed.

hat is claimed is A razor blade holder comprising a plate, marginal lips upon the plate for engaging the edges of a blade, a threaded stem integral with one end of the plate and having a portion of one side cut away, said plate having a plurality of locking lugs adapted to project through the openings of a razor blade, a clamping strip having sockets to.

receive said projections and having its leading end engaged underneath one of said marginal lips, said clamping strip having an extension fitting into the cutaway portion of said stem and having peripheral threads alining with the threads of the latter, and a sleeve threaded upon said stem and extension and locking the parts together.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FLORENCE J. BOWERS;

WVitnesses:

ERNEST M. FLooD,

ETHEL F. BOWERS. 

